A genre add-on is a type of add-on that allows authors to package up the department, position, and rank name data for use in Nova. Additionally, genres can include all of the necessary rank set images as well.

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Requirements

A properly formatted genre add-on should have the following:
  • An ranks directory that contains all of the rank set images, organized exactly how you want them organized
  • An Addon.php file that extends the Nova\Addons\Genre class
If you create a genre add-on from Nova, it will create the proper folder structure for you.

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Actions

For genre add-ons, the actions panel will be available to users with the following options:

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Install

The install option allows users of the add-on to copy the images to their ranks directory. This will start by removing all existing images before copying the directory structure from your assets folder into the ranks directory.

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Uninstall

The uninstall option allows users of the add-on to remove all images and directories from their ranks directory.

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Update

The replace option allows users of the add-on to replace any similarly named file in the ranks directory with the version from the add-on’s assets folder. This will leave any image it does not find in the add-on’s assets folder alone, thus preserving any custom images you’ve added to your ranks directory.
Updating genre data is a potentially destructive action. We do our best to not mess with any existing data, but given the nature of updating all of the different pieces of data included in a genre, you may find that changes you’ve made to some records are reset.